The Sun. — London, England, 1826-05-25 00:00:00

THE LONDON JQURNALS. ZAAY TRCTS FROM THE MOIINICI PAPER;6, MAY 25, 1826. [THE TIMES.] The superiority of Ministera over their temporary opponents was yet more apparent than : before, op the last divisions on the Corn Bill now in. Progress through .. the House of Lords ; andrtheir, d'Ominion over those . N. , :•he,ln . this instance, reluckantly yield submission, lanai expressed by Lord king in the classical ci 410 . tiotation=:— • '4:Nue loon= • " Vinda recusautum." One .might envy his Lordship the felicitous • appliCa- Lien Of the passage. The , fate of opposition to a more sane system of corn laws than the present may be foreseen and predicted from the success of, the expedients to which Ministers now recur. An im .pOrtatiim of corn, •therefore, like every other ar tide' corameree under a reasonable . duty, is what *e may expect in the next &salon of Parfiament.— The enemies of the measure may, however , c o nsole themselves with the assurance, that the continental growers, having no previous reason to apprebend such a prowling on our part, will, for a while, be 'in no situ ation to supply our demand : their warehouses are at present empty and even dilapidated, and the grain that was -,put into the earth last seed-time was intended only for home consumption, so that it carolot be till after the harvest of 1827 that a prOper supply can be sent to the British market. " If the pretended - friends of : the agricultural interest would till up the internal . with exertions really patriotic, let them strive tO;ob . :Niini4ters to reduce the public expences to a scale proportionate to what it is predicted will then,be the distressed state of the rural population. For onr selves, we neither fear such distress, nor hope for such patriotism from the class of people to whom we would prescribe it as a duty. 'Reduce the internal tette to the utmost degree to which they can be redueed by a proper economy, supplying the place of some that . 'shalt have been remitted, by a moderate duty on im ported grain ; and the foreign groWer will have no ad vantage which will not be made up to the home agri ,c..ulturist by the proximity of the latter to our markets, _Ain& the superior condition of his article. • [MORNING HERALD.] It ,is certain that the law exercises a good and use ful power, when it vindicates public morals and pro tects private character against the infamous attempts of persons who speculate in indecency and falsehood, either to gratify malice or extort money. The feelings of all good. members of society—of all who respect the peace and decorum of social life—must go along with those dicisions of Justice which preserve the do meztic relations of society from the intrusion of writers who make calumny a trade. But we cannot help ob serving, how strange a thing it is that the law should show so much. favour as it does to another class of shaMeless speculatorswe mean • those who cc,ncoct all taanner of fraudulent and nefarious schemes to cheat people of their money, and enable themselves to roll. in wealth and lituries, and laugh at the silly • creatures on whose spoils they riot. One would na tur4l!y think that the Press could not exercise its power more usefully than in exposing the tricks and frauds of such scheme-jobbers, and in preventing the unwary from falling into their snares, as birBs fly into the nuts of the. fowler. Yet to perform this service to. the public is perilous, and intrepid must his principles be who resolutely pursues it=:--so distinction does the law make, in those matters, between the-prbtection of virtue and the impunity of But are not ;those confederacies of joint-stock , sharperi and swindlers as destruCtive to good morals and to the peace and happiness of society, though in ss differe.nt way, as the licentious publications to which we.have adverted? It must be admitted that they are, and thatthe ruin which they produce is, in general, n,tich more certain and' extensive. The fences of the law are, however, too often the protection of knaves, and the folly of mankind .their .freehold. .There is , another class of speculators that support the principal ones ; theseare the low attorneys—the greatest pests -of society—the veriest nuisance that nestles under the bran cliing verbiage ofthe English law. Su ch pettifoggers invie of late more thin ever taken advantage of what they consider to be a jealous feeling in the Judges towards.the Public Press, and are incessantly , engaged in getting up frivolous actions of libel, for the purpose of pocket ing the extravagant charges which the law allows under thenamieof-costs. It matters , not to them that the cheracter of their client, or the d amage which he pre ,ter,d* to have sUstained, is estimated by the Jury at a shilling or 'a farthing, they are Sure to get their costs— that is, certain exorbitant charges which cover a bill consisting -of several folios of larp paper, and which bilis as effectual as Barrington s celebrated instrtt ! zotrt for transferring money, and abbut as honestly al pied. These persons ' in fact, make the forms of law serve is an engine for extortion. It Would be will if Juries were to exercise tors freltirtlythiin they the ',oWer which . Lord giskitio s Act giros decidingthl/31,0f on the -law as well as the fact in caserof libel ;. but they are too apt to take the law implicitly from the lips of the Judge, whereby this Act of Parliament,, which was intended to render them in. dspendsnt of. UdiCial. dictation, in such cases, becomes a dead litter.- This privilege is in the people's own isande, and while they call for other reforms's!' the ad rainiatralion of justice, ; they ought ti exercise ,that which is already In - Their:power. But it would.` be well . . if Mr. Peal would riot coitfiue. his plans of improve . . t luta' to the . Cr' itraina Code -alone, but would' 304' into some other parts of our jurisprudence, espeeisdly the law of libel, and make it more defined end certain. I lan it is. The bopks's're full of .Oontradictory deci ;iiotie on this important subject, .and it iv tim e th a t a' ,great deal, which is=nbi discretionary with the Court, 2 ,1 ;0 ,1 ( 13 N Gseertained 4Y . the settled terms Of a legis latitTtilactin tent: At '4IJ thexe iS one obvious' improvement which we 1 .5,,V404 take th q , to slug... r at, and which we hope Mr.... Peel - will,heing, in a Of t nc Session'to , dzarditer, be if 'he does n o t, w e trot Mr. flutne iftierat, is, 'to leave' Jud i to derive tei:4l4 l .l l rq r tx 1 . 8 4P., M: 3 ; ,FP4V Itti. L!„ndir „ gs, more it - imperativs, thio faty 114 n where such ;satsill .chtmafces are obtained AS fill(4 • ,bot: 111Y ( 4 4C4l$ one, the plaintOl Shark*" Ilia. 00361-- Tht:t $ 0 !.4 1 a great' 60 4 §Nrcotititualtitbe 'Otto fot:, which the low class ofa torneys i1V . ' 4342 gt 4" ', - 4:211g up, on the cakulation that, if but a fa rthing damages be obtained-from the Jury, their pockets may be filled with the other sort of damages which the law allows them, under the naive of costs. It is likely that the,Judges themselves would have no objection tcrbe relieved from a discretionary cower like that of certifyirg to deprive a plaintiff of his costs, the exer cise of which imposes on them so unoleasant a respon sibility, that they, in consequence, hardly ever avail theinselves of it. Much better, therefore, would it be, if the law. were to direct. at once that costs should not. be allowed where a plaintiff' has not established a claim th.xriore than what may be called nominal da , mates, , This would prevent a great deal of the publ ic time being idly i titastimed; as it now is, in Courts of Justice, to the, detriment of real business, by the needy ,pettifoggers who are always ravening after costs, and . converting the lbw into a vehicle of extortion. Ministers are placed rather in an awkward situation on the subjett of the " Bonded Corn Bill• , now in the House of Lords. Owing to some clerical error or negligence, the Bill is, as it has passed through, all its . stages in the Commons—in one of its clauses, abso lute nonsense. The Lords do not choose to stultify themselves by doing the same thing ; but, being a Money Bill, the slightest alteration.. made in it by them would vitiate it altogether. The only modes_ of curing it are by the Lords throwing out the Bill, and leaving the Commons to acrid up another, which would keep Parliament sitting longer than has been calculated upon ; or by a Conference, as it is called, which latter course is, we understatuVexpected to be resorted to on Friday. Mr, Canning and Mr. Hus kisson, in whose department this Bill originated, must feel rather mortified upon the oceasion; but to •us .it seems rather as part of one general system of negli gence which . pervades such matters, than a soli tary and. striking instance of it. While clerks in public OffiCel instead of giving the public a penny worth for their penny, and being kept up to the col•• lar as they ought to be, are allowed to spend their time at clubs, or at home, and to drive down to their deilis in their tilbUries, . three or four hours after they should have been at work, who can wonder that ActS of Parliament and other public doctiments come forth in the crude state they do, and entail trouble and dis grace . upon the heads of the departments, as well as great expence and . inconvenience to the public ? Without particularizing any department, we believe we may say generally, that no man can go to any of under Govermnent without. being disgusted with the laxity that prevails in it, as wellas the treatment he himself receives. That he .will, -in fact, wonder whether the underlings have any thingTeally to do, and how the business of the .depart men_ t is ever per-' formed. He will not Unfrectuently see a parcel of booted dandified coxcombs lolling over the Newspa per, or discussing the odds upon the Derby, who, if he asks them to attend to him, .will treat him with disdain. . By. sufferance in one department, this loiter 7 ing idle spirit infuses itself into all ; and Ministers will, in time, be obliged to write and copy their own despatches and Acts of Parliament, of else be obliged, as in these instances, to father any nonsense their clerks may put into their hands. ?he evil, as far as it regards legislation, is very great. The instance in question is only one of many; and the House of Commons can only protect itself from its recurrence by deputing to responsible clerks of its own the duty of seeing that Bills are engrossed with some regard at ' least to grammar and common same.—lbid. LINN2EAN SOCIETY. The Thirty-Ninth Anuixersary of this 'scientific and truly use ful body was yesterday held at the Freemasons' Tavern. At six o'clock, Sir - James Smith, Dart, (the President of the Sosiety), entered the room, accompanied by Sir Stamford Raffles, Dr. Meaton, Mr. Greenough, and other distinguished scientific Gentlemen. The President immediately took the Chair, and after Grace had been said, the company sat down to a dinner served in Mr. Cuffet best Style. The cloth having been removed, the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were given froni the Chair ; after which Dr. Meaton rose, and proposed the health of the President—he ought rather to have said, the founder of the Linntean Society. Drank with applauee. Sir JAit&S &urn, rose to return thanks. That was the 89th occasion, on which, in a similar manner, he had been called upon to return his grateful obligations to the Line eeari Society. Nothing new presented itself to him upon which to dwell ; for he was happy 13 find that the progress of the Society continued to be successful and unimpeded. He trusted, however, that he might be allowed to propose the health of the .Treasurer, an officer to whom the So ciety was much indebted. Drank with applause. The Treasurer (M r. Foasrar.) returned thanks; arid proposed the health of. Mr. ii:Leneau, the Secretary of the Linmean So ciety. .114 r. Bicuswitatt felt very strongly the high honour that bad been conferred upon. him, but, at the same time, acknowledged that that distinction was greater than his deserts, for he regretted to find, that, under his eare, th e interests of the Society had made very little proiveas comparatively with what it ouglit to have done. Re treated; howiver, that, at the next anniversary, he should have to announce a different and a better state of things. The CuAtitacan next,proposed the health.of "Sir Stamford Raffles, and the Zoological Society." Sir S. itarrtas returned thanks. " The Geological Socility,' and Mr. Greenough," was the next tout. Mt. C AEIO4OIIO K returned' thanks. He wee extremely happy, to 'arra thSt the Linneeer Society continued its succeuthl pro gress. The company would learn .with pleasure that the Geo logical society WAS equally ,fortunate,. 'the object of each was the sem:6 7 -the advancemeat of knowledge, although a shade of ditfereree existed between' both. There was, moreover, between the Linmeea and the . GeOlogiaal Societies an unoccupied apace, a sort of natant' or 'debateable ground, wt ie,h it Was rrecereary to the advancement of rscience. that. one or other - should assume and cecUpy-'-hS Meant that department of natural history which rifetred to foSsliplatita."-;--(Applausi.)-. 7 116 trust,d, for the lit.nt-fit of icieriCe, that that subject would be taken up by one or other institution; and; the dissemination of knowledge' being the .object of both,,be cared sot, by which.--(Applause.) SeYerel other similar toasts were drank, and the company sepe rated it sn'early hour, highly delighted with the entert.sinmeut. MOFFAT.—The village of iVidttai of late year 9 thrive& 'considerably, by region or the yllitiirs ettraeted to it by asiniitil Well in the neighbourhood. As its prosi>erit.y, however, ie great during the summermoutlw, se it is little during the de-. 60104 period of ,ivititer. The neightviiringvilligers, who. of course envy Moffat during the days of itei splendour, have.lorig had 'a st.nditig joke ueun the town; " 11 ‘Y" 4 aY 0. 4 7 , " a MGfrat Titan in crammer anywhere out of duori, and' ask him whera he 'reeldeor, ,viiciferitea—t Maffit, and be Rut, on the contrary, if yoti ask the same questinn in !winter, his easy/ F r: ia expreaseii in the most piteous . iitra:n---‘ Moffat, God 144 p ur !' "--Clitissbers' Ahyntss of Scotland. ‘ There .is at present on the pleasure grounds of Kilierit a il ew evki nest, under .a gr-tr:e, %rah .sia.phs4- 'lies "and nine partridges's tigis: With hirAs kre. asiiduoits at Inititittion, and trectiiiy WI neat in parfeCt pence. '(:acts hr.* .0 'shat be egitio,'L partly bar, 'ewe, and partly those of her coitrade,- . ... Glasiiow Paper. SERIOUS ACCIIMNT.---A9 Mr. . ,131 u mien, of 1 4 4 ' 41 . A ... ',Wu ,nts Tneetisy ps.-4izsg along chasing:crops:in his, * " 4414 ,, I L . . i . ' i§ctinikrittng horse, tie sr, irnal Aopir frifilt,.and. 441 11 meted .-- u 0 1" St; - Aire; gornink id conica wit c h tce Lamp ' r Pofiti l th4 . o(cirAis it lie tof rtfr, If: t,i;ro;ovn nut inth, Ltaticti ViOtittlll.` - lie 4.64v a d ,-,,,„Aik0w... e bruiiii, awl WAS Can veyeti forthwitW into a surgeon's shop 3iltirs rltiotr-pt a/sista:loc was rendered. The Lolls escaped, 'however, with 7{ =c, *lig t injury. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PL E AS, MAT 24. ssrOw AND OTHERS t?.. ROBINSON. • Mr. Moonx opened • the pleadings. The declaration charged the defendant with having conierted to his own use a certain bank note for 501. the property of the plaintiffs, Messrs. Snow and Co. Bankers. M. Sergeant Iloseemnier stated the case. The plaintiffs had heat in the year 1924, a large' quantity of bank notes, which had bent stolen from their porter. The note in question was one of that quantity, and which had come into the hands of the defend ant; but the plaintiffs not being divested of their property in the note, he should be entitled to their verdict. The question had very recently undergone considerable discussion, and he believed the law of the case was perfectly clear. The account given by the defendant was pot such a one as would direst the plaintiffs of their property - in the note. The defendant was attending Doncrts ttr races in the last year, and in the course of receiving his bets, which were all Hiegel, he took the note in question; but of whom he could not say. It was well known that hankers and mer chants were bound to use caution in the course of their transac tions in busliniss, and if they did not, they had to abide the con sequences of the law; and here was this gentleman, who goes to horse-races, rind bets his thouaands, claiming, to be better pro tected than those who receive notes in the due course of their trade, and contending that he is not liable. They would hear from his Lordship that there was no ground for such a defence, and they would say whetherehe defendant had used due and pro per'caution in taking this note. There ware several admissions ma do : amongst them that the note in queetion was the same note; that the defendant kept cash at Messrs. Bryant's, bankers, Newmarket, to whom he paid Within a few days, 2,2251., and that the 501. note formed part o f th a t s t ern ; that he received the note at Doncaster races, but that he did not know of whom ; that at those races lie received and paid notless than 22,0001. James Allen, a clerk in Metiers. Snow and Co.'s house, proved that the cheek, in payment of which the Sol. was received, was sent for payinent to Messrs. Donlan and Co:, by James, a porter, who had liyed at Messrs. Snow's for near 25 years; that when he returned he said that he had been hustled' and robbed ; the note never came to Messrs. Snow and Co. • • . • Tie. Loan Cutts. Jurrrten.—The case appears to .he ell ad mitted, except the illegality stated in the opening. Can you show that, Brother Botanquet? 31r. Sergeant Bosaxnurr apprehended they were within the statute of Charles 11., which was not affected by the 13th of Geo. 11. cap. 19, where matches for 501. were legalized; but that did not make beta' legal. Mr. Sergeant WILDR.—The object was to encourage the breed of horses. The LORD Cum Junter.—lt was very easy to conceive the difference between these matches and the bets. All my bets hare been legal, for I never betted more than half-a-crown. • I lengthened discussion ensued upon the legal point ; the sta tute was referred .to, and also several cases, particularly 2d Camp bell, 4SB, wber . e.a bet of four pineal; to'aix upon a race above 501. was held to be legal ; and another. wane, Bd Term Reports, '7OO. • Charles Black was called to prove 'the stake for the Doncaster St. Leger was more than 501. Mr. Allen re-called, and cross-examined 'by Mr. Sergeant WILDR.—}I9 hail heard that his principals received one of these stolen note!, and paid it away again to , Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co. ; it wag a SO/. note, but he could not charge his memory when it was paid. The clerk's name that he heard it from. was Robert Williams; he had never conversed with any of hie prin cipals respecting any such note. Mr. S.ergeant WILD 2 (with whom was Mr. Crirtx , x) address ed the jury for:the defendant. They had several cases of a simi lar nature, and the principle upon which those cases had been decided had undergone, atifit deserved, considerable discussion ; it was a principle of the greatest importance, and was applicable to every man who.. might become the holder of a Bank of England note,. and hie .plient had a right, if he thought fit, to have the grounds upon which the principle stood reviewed, and bring it forward as a fat subject for.the gravest consideration. The LORD Cutter JUSTICL—We will have it settled before we Part. I shall give, no opinion here to-day ; but after the de cision of Lord Kenyon, 1 will here say that that decision is law. Mr. Sergeant WiLnu said, there were three causes here now, and there 'night be three-and-twenty, to abide the decision of this. The Loan Ciente. JUSTICE.-.-I shall leave it the jury to say :whether the plaintiffs used due caution, and to say if the defend ant used 'due caution ; if he did, he is entitled to a verdict ; but then I will give the plaintiffs leave to move to take the opinimr of the Judges whether the traneaction is illegal or not. Mr. Sergeant Wianr..—lf his locdsbip left it thus, the jury would have to say whether-his client had been guilty of any neg lect es to the title of the person . of whom he took the note. There were many engaged in business, who, in the hurry of that business, were precluded from asking the name and address of OA 77 one of whom they took a note. The principle was not only :TO able to men of businese who had their books, their counting houses, their pens, their clerks ; but it was applicable to every man who went out into the world, and had dealings with any man who bad money in his pocket, Was not such a man to deal without being first interrogated as to whom he was, or where be came from? There was no more reason for suspecting a man with a M. note—there could be no more suspicion attached to such a man—than there would be to suspect a man who carried about with him a beg of sovereigns. Indeed in his opinion, there would be more reason to suspect the latter than the limner. " Must I say to a man of whom I take a note, lost that twelve months ago: it was stolen frOm me?' Has he not a right to say to me, before I can impeach his :title, " Show me that the man that got it froin stole it from you :if you are to impeach any title, at least give me some expla nation ; ..and if I do make these inquiries, which it appear,' I am bound,to do, how am Ito know that he tale the truth ?" The defendant received the note at Doncaster ; the plaintiff milled upon hitn.to restore it ; he did that which some of the highest chit. rectercbad done; but because be received it at DOncaster, at the race-course, he must restore it. He cared not by whom he was condemned, but liii.would say, that hie client came there to insist upon his civil rights,. and they were there not to discuss Men's moral characters, but to give them civil rights, if by law they were entitled to them. It Wee said, that his client had betted to the amount 0f20,0001. ; the question wee, may men bet ? He would 'presume they might, and thatithe bete were legal. If the intentiou of the statute was for the improvement of horses—if there was no betting, how few horses wculd there be ; how many would there be in attendance this very day, at no very distant spot from the place whore they were ? He would take 'it to be legal, and would ask if a reei-couree , was a place to ask, " Pray, where did you get that note?" If a parson come under circumstances to excite suspicion, a note tinghtlo be taken from him of such art amount, but,he would respectfully submit, and tneintain, if there were no circumstances of suspicion, there was no caution required. There was no safety for any one, if he was'to ha told that utter a whole year, you shall make inqu;ry, adopt a farm, and aecurtain the truth; the form of Inquiry wee quite nugatory. -On what ground had he a right to suspect a men at a race-couree, more than at any other place? Were there nowt but dishonest persons who fro pientea► ? The plaintiff says, because you received it at a raceecourse, you must restore 'it ; not:Weal there is sane law which says so,, and some negligence on my pint in not doing whet the law require/ of me. He was not aware that he had any other fact to grapple with than what belled alluded to. They were not from the admissions to'conclude that he took it from a stranger; lib might lava taken, it at Cambridge; could he tell where he received 501. out of £2,0001. ? There was no single circumstance that showed that he received from an individual who ought to have excited his suspicion. If there was no negligence on the part of his client, he should be entitled to the verdict. He would adl 'wit:mews to snow the plaintifii received one of the stoles notes themseves, end paid it away to Mews. Jone s , Ll o yd, and Co., without knowing that itavas one of alsent. How little was their notice to be relied upon,—and upon which they asked fur a verdict, when this was the case! Was it not possible that if they could . pass one,' they might have received more, and negotiated them? If this could be the case, and that they could then call upon the holder of a Lae Lo .restore it, what a situation were the public placed in? The Learned Counsel then called witnesses to prove the fact /gaud, aid they also proved thit the note so taken and circulated was marked at the time of taking it. Mr. Serptitit BOSANCIVET replied, contending that his Learned Friend bed not alrAkin his caw:. It was int en d e d to turn the verdict into a special one, but a Coaiiderable altercation took , place as, to the mode- The Lane;Cuizr lurrics charged the Jury as h e h a d j a g_ rtistsid. 'The Jury f oun d f u r t4plaintifif-r-Vainage4, 601. Mr. Serva n t WiLDX tendert:4 a bill of exception, that there wet au. evide ow o f n e gligence on the part of th e defeldaut to go to the j a y. Tlwlonn CHIEF Juarnes iaid, that if the bin of ev:eption via4ll,stx. 4 4.4 . fr ueg j a y, he would Wirer seal it, sod the 6646 ' 4 4 eAto uPla,iudlinSat• TUX SA MS 11. LADLX/L. The uittiumatemats of wee aad the rewtJt wve tbt WPC POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOlNE.—Yesterday, a watchman, named Free man, was charged with having committed an outrageous assault upon a gentleman. Two gentlemen in passing along Cornhill, on Tuesday night, at half-past ten o'clock, saw two little girls in the most deplor able state, sitting on' the steps of a ball-door. The gentlemen crossed the street, gave alms to the deitituto children, and asked a watchman, who stood near them, something about their condi tion. The watchman, instead of- answering, replied in a rough tone, that they (the complainants) had better walk on, and that he did not care anything about the children. " You might, at least," said one of the gentlemen, ' have given a civil reply." --This admonition prOduced loud menaces from the watch man, and then the defendant; who was keeping a stagger ing watch at the other side of the street, sallied over, seized the person who was so presumptuous as to reply to a person in such authority, and told hith that he should lie in the watch-house until Monday next. Some other gentlemen, who were passing at the time, immediately interfered, by expressing in gentle terms their disapprobation of the conduct of the man in authority, where upon the defendant struck one of them in a most violent manner. Three or four of the gentlemen were knocked about without mercy by some watchmen, who came to assist the defendant, but the gentlemen took care . that the principal assailant should not escape. Freeman assured Alderman Lucas, who sat for the Lord Mayor, that the gentlemen were the first assailants, but the evidence to the contrary was overpowering. Some of the inhabitants of Cornhill said that they had discharged the defendant. The gat tlenien declared that the public were subject to so much insolence from this class of men, that an example upon this occasion would hi of great service. Alderman Lucas said the defendant should, in the first place, pay the sum of ss. for being drunk; and, in the next, find bail to answer for the assault. A relation of the watchman came forward, and declared that the latter had 'received a severe wound on the head in battle, which caused almost madness when he took liquor. Tuesday night was the annual carnival meetingof the watchmen, when many of them, like their betters on similar occasions, had departed from the s?vere rules set down for them, and the defendant was amongst the most unfortunate in thilt respect. The complainants, on hearing this, refused to proceed against the defendant. Aldernian Lucas then fined the defendant,, and exprea_sed a hope that when tli Gentlemen of the Lantern intended to sup together again, notice would be sent to the inhabitants to keep within doors, and to the Lord Mayor to provide substitutes during the time of enjoyment. MAnnsortocou-STREET.—A pretty-looking young girl, named Agnes Overii, who described herself as one of the forlorn.of the sex, was charged with a street robbery. The person robbed— for complainant we can scarcely all him—was a black man named Francis, a musician in the band of the Grenadier Guards. It ap peared by ,the evidence of the watchman, for Francis would make no statement, that on Saturday night last Francis was passing through the Regent's Quadrant, about nine o'clock, when the prisoner suddenly ceme up to him and made a snatch at the seals of his watch, which the effected in tearing away from the riband, and would have got the watch away had it not been twisted in the fob. She ran off, and was pursued by the man, who.never lost sight of her until she was stopped by the watchman, but on being searched, the seals were not found upon her, but she was, how ever, lodged in the watch-house, when Francis said be would give 15s. to any person who would find the seals for him. The watch man, ou going back to where he had stopped the prisoner, found the seals on the groutid near the spot. The Magistrate (Mr. CoNAuT), cn hearing this statement of a, daringlighway robbery, desired the 'black man' (Francis) to be sworn ; .but when the latter understood that the consequence of his doing so would be to send the girl to prison, lie positively refused to he sworn, saying that he would rather lose the seals altogether than : have any injury done to the poor girl ; and it was only with the utmost difficulty, and not until the, magistrate had threatened to send him to prison, that he at length most relnct.: .antly consented to be sworn, nor would the dread of a prison have induced him, had not he feared an absence from his regiment. Being sworn, IVould not deny, although he would scar ce ly affiim the woe ' an'e statement. There could now Awne doubt as to the committal of the pri soner ; hut a queotidrinfou as to whethei,it should be for the highway robbery, or ,. for''petty larceny. .t. his distinction poor Francis did not exactly. undesstantl ; hut auf4lid catch an idea that the value of the seals would; as stated by him, make some differ ence. The seals were produced, and appeared to be worth about thirty ~I., u sylaeraFeanciewfts asked sill that they were of no value whatever. " That einnotle," Said Mr: Cortiorr, " even by your own acknowledgment of what the watchmen eys, that you offered I3e. riward for their recovery.' " Oh; indeed, Sir," said Francis, " they are not worth a farthing; and the reason I offered the reward for Aim was, that one of them was given to me as a keepsake a long time ago by tat poor mother, who is dead." " But," said Mr. Coxsaa, "any one, to look at them, must g o o that they art) of some Nalue; you must say what they are worth, be it ever so little." Frautis took it into his head, that as the lowntste cf the estimate ,was a conaidsration, half-a-crown must away lave the girl; and he accordingly assured the magistrate that that sum wus the utmost value of the seals. A hint was thrown out by some bddy that half-a-crown would not produce the lightest description ofprosecution, upon which poor Francis, in an agony of despair, knocked his hand upon the bench and exclaimed "Did I say half-a-crown? I . meant half a shilling; they are only worth 6d., not a farthing more." He next caught up an observaticrif made by somebody, that 10d. was the general value set upon ar ticles in prosecution for petty larceny, when ho instantly declared that the preCise value of the seals was 1041., and to this he firmly adhered, thinking that by it the girl would get off altogether; but when he still found that she was to go 'to prison, he again offered to give up the seals entirely, rather than she should be punished on his account. The Magistrate, of course, would .not listen to any such thing, and the evidence was taken doiin. Francis n o w started a point of law, as the poor felloy thought, in the girl's favour—namely, that as the *vale were not found in her possession, she ought not to be punished. This point was, however, overruled, and Francis was asked if he had'any,.,doutt about the prisoner being the person who snatched the He replied that he bad not any doubt the night before, hut he had some doubts now; " for," said be, " people change so in a night that it is impossiLle to be eartain of them." All the ingenuity and unaffected humanity of 'the poor black man would not do, and Miss Agnes Ovary, who smirked and laughed during the whole scene at the bar, was finally committed fur trial, and poor. Francis, with a tear starting in his eye, was compelled to sign his depositions, and was only consoled by the asiurouse that the girl's punishment would not be heavy. MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.--fessemina Mor;r:i sulichad the intsrference of the Magistrates respecting her illegitimate child. She stated that Major Johnson, of Wimrole•street, wad its fa ther; her mother had supported the child for IS months, at her own intpence; but keing unable to hear the charge any longer, she had applied to the parish of St. blerylebour. She understood the Major had paid a considerahlt sum to the latish, but all she had received of the parish was three shillings a wick fur two weeks. Mr. Thnrp, the parish officer, admitted that the parish had received 4sol. of the father, but said Le Lally Lehi the rink of a Lieutenant. The mother of the girle--" He le a 'Major, please your Worehip." Mr. newt:mime —The parish officers have sided very illegally anti very unjustly in this business ; rye have reason to believe the father of this child is a gentleman of property there is nothing shown to the contrary. Do you mean to say, Mr. Thorp, that Se. a week is a sufficient allowance? Ifs journeyman brick layer has a bastard child, you make out an order of affiliation, you bring Ithu here, and we compel him to pay 2s. 6d. or He. a week towards its maintenance. In this instance you take 501. which you have no right to take. You make a good bargain for the pariah, but you forget to make a bargain for th e girl. Y ou ta k e care of yourselves, and you withhold that .urotectiosi from the child which the law provider for it. M r . Th ee p,......When Mr. Johosou paid the 501. ha seid ke had made considerable advances to the girl—cu, much as Su Mother and Daughter.--No such thing. R, weie rson (to the girl).—Has the Major given you any , thing towards the support of the child ? j eaam i ne .—Not a halfpenny : he has never done soy thing.for me einoe ho knew I was pregnant. m ot b ee ,—He was not the man to do it ; he behaved very mean. Mr. Ra.weresore.—You mu t t h ave an order of affiation.— Whyi s das pe i e s s in the army to be kept in the back groUnd? It appears he has made no allowance to the girl : if any e thing *as given to her, it was for the purp ose o f seducing bar. Mr. Thorp.— What it to be done respecting the mom y which has been received? It will 411 be upended - before the is relieved &mei the child. Mr. 114 wInfsoN.—What has been done ought to be va.:- you are bound to raae a>7 otdot of affiliation, au tit moths- of the girl has a civil remedy againAt the father of the child, for th expence of supporting it for the 18 months. William Edmund Poulden, Esq., summoned the driver of tbi hackney-coach, No. 643, for an overcharge. Mr. Poulden deposed, that on his return from Covent-garde! Theatre on Friday night beween 10 and 11 o'clock, he took tb above coach at the Piazza, and proceeded to his residence, No. 9 York-crescent, Portland-place; he then paid 2a. for the fare, at also Is., which the coachman demanded as back carriage. The coachman, in defence of his charge, said York-crescent bt never been paved : it is gravel. Mr. Itawmsox.—Macadamized, you mean; in fact, it i$ continuation of the same kind of pavement which the read ye came altogether consists of. I know there is a doubt on the ►utt ject, therefore I do rot want to convict you; you mast t,tuil the shilling, and pay the coats. CORONER'S INQUEST. On Tuesday an Inquisition was taken at the Ship Taunt Stepney-green, on Mrs. Elizabeth Isabella Sales, u widow lady aged 22.—Mr. William Clarke, examined': I am a surgeon, an, reside in the Mile-end road. On Monday, about half-past suety, o'clock, I was called on to attend the deceased ; I instantly vv. seeded to her house, where I found her very ill, and vomiting. 01 my asking her what she had taken, she confessed she bad tsket arsenic, and pointed out the dregs which remained in a tea-col on the table. • I encouraged the vomiting as much as possible in the hope of being able to remove the destructive mineta from the stomach ; but not withstanding all my efforts do so, and relieve her, she became worse, and died about due, o'clock. I have since opened the body, and found the coati o the stomach much inflamed by the effects of the poison. Theri were no external . markr of violence on the body.--b Dad rs. Sar' rt l Gill examined—l live next door to the deceased, lis become acquainted with her sinceshe came to lire there, &best arse weeks ago. For the last- week she has appeared much drjetud. her oted On Mondayeryiug and mo v rn er it y tg lo s w he tent i f e o d r . me s , anhedroeniugec:itnedg to ni o be t r o sl t t letter directed tea Mr. Walsh, residing in Aldgate, to time i 4t. " office; or, if I had time, to Mr. W.'s house, and she would feel much obliged. I said I would, if I could ;if not, I would Put it into the post. The deceased asked me what time I thought would come to hand, remarking at the same time, a th'i t '; l Walsh did not come to her before four o'clock, she would I T ' her heart." She appeared in the greatest anguish at the tires ; this, I believe, was owing to the ill treatment of the person 40 lived with her. Thomas Walsh examined, -.1 Lave knon.the deceased for eight or nine years. She has been in g reat troulA the death of her husband, which took place about into 'col since. It was owing, I believe, to the heartless indifferea" her seducer. On Monday I received this letter front She d e ' lea*e i t The letter was here handed to, and read by C"" er family, for the rash alternative she had adopted i s ant purport was, craving mercy and forgiveness from time witneen, her_mental sufferings, which were produced by tbs cluks f, ' t h an stated; requesting the wittiest., with other friend., to look w ews uld, eye of pity, and protect her orphan son, a Sae boy fuur and bequeathing to him the whole of her household furuituoreeel,vo The father of the deceased, sat old gentleman upwards ' 46' was much affected while giving his testimony, stated tbat ne bs 'eased was the youngest of eighteen children. Th" la i'jgewi saw her alive, was about three weeks since. She was " t , etm of friendship with any of her family, in coisequsp",. °l l , a - t that fortunate connection with Banes. He had no do" : b , urged on by the reflection and remorse of her tilig n "!', prepared and taken the fatal draught herself. Verdict of: committed while labouring under mental dcrangenlent.' to put an tioo 1... " . " . " ... "'"' ".. ENG ' ,, i; LINT NAVY, in 1648.—Inaccurate not'' - e4st have..., been. formed respecting the Navy of England as it 'x i° . rut tune. We had then, u now, a fleet at Portsmouth, 1 ships in various stations, at Plymouth, Yarmouth, Newcastle, sad on . the coast of Ireland. In the Journals of the nous of Cr:: mans, February 8, A an— again Marsh 15, of the Present year -- ts I list of the navy, the first consisting of thirty-nine.battleslq%; the second of forty-one. In the first they are distinguished in,L rates, , seven second 'rates, twelve third, eight fourth, and toe,'" _,., rata. In 1662, there were three first rates, the Soestrtg;: u,___," 3o guns, built by Charles 1., the Resolution , of 96044 0 - "Midi , of 60. At that time the largest second -rats FOL. ' guns ; the third-rates at the most 60; the fourth-rates.*: and the fifth-rates 24. There is h ere also added a had of o,ll'm rates, the largest l6 5 * uns -- Oodw i n ' s Ilistorf e c0m„,,,,,,„a1th. carrying - , THE MARKETS. ...010.- - HAY MARK ....ETS-(Tuts Dar.) (At per load of 36 trusses.) • _ .c. 51. j""',:-Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow 114 , IL' 31. Os. to 41. Os. ; fine Upland Meadow and 14 86 ,- 11* .s,,si l y ii. Os. to 51. Os. ; Clover Hay, Si. 10s. to 5/. 10s , , u'",,,,,- „ I , 1/. 125. t o li. 16 s . ; Wheat Straw, 11. 16s. to 21. 0 4 . 7_P r U t ihort, trade dull, there being no inferior Hay in the 0 $ Prices, Allowing for quality ! stationary. .., dory is v floe SalillinELD.--Coarse hear L owlan d nien ''''' . ymacs IN iIL 10. i. to a 10s . ; fine Upland Meadow and Rle b i ot 31. 10s. to 41. 10s .; Clover Hay, geaerallY , 41 ' AL w 1.1 1 " . ' extraordinary. fine, 51. 15s. • Oat Straw, 11. os. to I la ,. Wheat Straw, 11. 12s. to 11. 161. Meadow Hay 4b4tolat; Clover Hay from Sc. to Ils. per load lower than on lo d e w prices of Straw barely stationary. Supply short, Ow lod e dull. -ou account of the prospective change the rein has p, ~ , in the gran crops, that the above prices are nest to nore'D'' ,- .COAL MARKET..-(YrsrEADAr.) coiling' Adair's, 30s 3d-Beaumont, 283-Charlotte.- 30%-„,, 6,1. wood, 265-Dean's Primrose, 295-FellinE Ma ;11,91 l'eaton , 325 3,1 to 3J3 6,1-11olywell 30s- ..h to 323-Liddell's 31ain '' Ord'sißedltugh, 2 F:f 6d t,'lliPc °llh ),... liod-Pcrcy East, 27V6078:pontop simpson,,,..or or/ail; •-le [td -Tanticid Moor, 32s 3E1 -Townley, 301 ' 6 , 1 1 t o On tml , 3 2s 3d- Wylatn. 30s 9d-Flebbunt Ablin, 0,4#"; 9114 W, cr % oe e i w : a t 1 1 . 1 I ,} 1n d Bell and Co. 32s 6d--Walls End 13° 11 "ltits PI -Wails End Betricke and Co. 34$ 6d to 35%-*.iiosr , " Sic 3 tl-IValls End flarraton, 31s 6‘17, - , tiou r, .', „",%, Ws-Walls End Hilda, 303 ad-Walls Lnu . ,', l O. ' a °"-VITRI:S End N'evnnarch, 32s 011-IV%IIB ' n Wiiii,,, ° tti-illua"tberland, 31s 6d-Walls End Pawson and CO. $, 51 ;041 1 ' ___l,Peareth, 31s-Walls End Riddell s, 334 D34.-°"ii ‘l'soor, zsi l i L ..-W alls End Russell's, 34s to 34s 11-Nrol la t r . ' ".1-' l% ` r‘ .. tewart's 3 . 2 7 ,.... ial c l, ui ll T s ti ß d e - y field , Stone Coal Christie, 425-Stone Coal Berringten. ~„,n)141,,,,' ' am, 32 % 3d--Russell's I • • 34 3 4 1.-. o , - - . 'too 325-Walls End ,yon a Main $ • . 3 , .1. ~,,i n l o ,a m m , b , ton small, I i .: l os ~ _ ew .. to 33s yd-- palls End L a t i n ias b 2 t s on r . ll3; ' :-1, , c : 1--.6':Sl: 234 ftd fiction, 365--Wa E d YNI s ii ' I art VI 3 1 6 5 *-- ..A_ lt s u i s i s t e p l s i' s s old fl . e i tt w on'! 111.........____,a11s End , ''''' 4. ~.. at market , .3 • On Tuesday last, at Pulh i a 3 r, th Tl : B la . dy of, Or'' r g e ..'n4i° 1 ' f)4" of O a n da t ug be h 2 te l r s . t inst., the lady of the Rey - hi r ' Hugligl'°ll .- ;441 well, of a daughter. . ------------ On the 22nd rout., at C i lwistch iAßßlE nrch il e St' il if lTY.e '*". l::iilj'ill: I hetie, .re Rev. George Barnes, .D., late Archdeacon 0 1 34 . 1 T'a:r 1 . 1' ' EAdl ey Ricbardes, sq., of Bryneithen, count!' '' t . ' , ( 0 0 " Marianne, daughter of Hugh Stephens, EN, of Dorsr,fs-r, 001 vo the 284 inst., at Cleat Church, Staffordeliii°, l a vtg bie ° Block, of Kentish-town, to Elizabeth, younr t , 3 ,ount!' 11, James_ Hooman, Esq. of th e Field-house, in the o g ' - y Piilo; _ On the 25th of February, at Bermuda, Job br l !ii, fiod' 1 "1 ., barrister-at-law, to Mary, dangbter of Je''' Pni 1 ,, EN. v, A' On the 17th inst., at P Staff rtl lA' bY the 11 ' o ar 11“.-.. Ch e t M. A., Thoniss M oss, enn ' younge ° t Ni rs' jne°'llrillial t :nliln 5' of t;netwynd-bouse, in the county of Salop, F-itl' e i t ng o rbil l ' house, youngest daughter of William Thacker, of • _ ~ in the county of Stafford, Esq. i pl , On the 22(1 inst., by the Rev. Wm. Bolton, ne 4 . 9 1, r ( "t O fil : caster, Norfolk, Samuel Green Cook Est; of St. o":,*)istr' to Emily Jane , second daughter of W e l . SM . ith, 1 : 441 ' -. II Colchester. ) 1 • Pl4d . _. , On the 20th inst., at West Hackney Lit taCut r 0 0 o l • l ti,o Morris, engraver, Pilgrim-street, Ludgate-bill, t'gos:. daughter of the late Wm. Badger, E. o f North -10 0, r __:..:s sa d pebashod by M. MING, i s stA No. 111, Strand. t Morris. engraver, nigrim.street, 'Aug... " - daughter of the late Wm. Badger, EN• of liorth -6 10 11° DIED. On the 16th inst., at Paris, Lady Sidney Su'lt/3' Is e admiral Sir William Sidney Smith. r a d P r ' On the 23d inst., aged 79, Richard Stroll(' . 1 1 4 pi f. • Brixton, Surrey. On the 19th inst., at Sortballertun, Ewd. Sul,Yl6se,t, "" son of the late Rev. Jowpli Smyth,vicar °f Yorkshire. On the 23d inst., at her son's house, Warfirld " i Sarah, relict of the law Sam uel de Castro, Vig Place, Islington, and formerly of Madras.' 0 On the lat of April, iniltleo horli ly, in his Wm YO r it o sii. /1 % townt Barbadoes, Charles, second son of C... 4 471 ri g sculptor, Lisson.gro North ve .t s ix g